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TURKEY AND TRIBUTARY STATES

Imports into U. X. from

Turkey Exports of British pro- duce to Turkey.

1893

£

4,978,721

1694

4,899,815

j5,768,747|6,520,15]

lS9c

1896

1897

5,751,537 5,316,686 6,253,209

i I

5,347,785 5,033,853,6,538,406'

Among the articles of import into the United Kingdom from Turkey are wheat, 604,485/. in 1896; 653,697/. in 1897; barley, 994,714/. in 1896; 973,633/. in 1897; wool and goats' hair, 814,710/. in''l896 ; 1,448,441/. in 1897 ; valonia (dye stuff), 296,079/. in 1896; 261,846/. in 1897; opium, 198,222/. in 1892"; 124,360/. in 1893 ; 179,763/. in 1894 ; 183,291/. in 1895 ; 185,860/. in 1896; 165,484/. in 1897; fruit, chiefly raisins and figs, 818,977/. in 1896 ; 1,100,002/. iu 1897.

The most important article exported from Great Britain to Turkey is manu- factured cotton. The exports of cotton goods amounted to 3,387,654/. in 1895 ; 3,211,842/. in 1896 ; 4,264,559/. in 1897 ; cotton yarn, 599,471/. in 1896 ; 787,122/. in 1897; woollens, 268,989/. in 1896; 387,368/. in 1897; iron, wrought and unwrought, 127,227/. in 1896 ; 177,175/. in 1897 ; copper, wrought and \inwrought, 92,741 in 1896 ; 114,502/. in 1897 ; coal, 234,570/. in 1896 ; 268,869/. in 1897 ; machinery, 64,792/. in 1896 ; 78,800/. in 1897.

The value of the trade at various Turkish towns in Asia and Africa in 1897 was : —

Imports

1 Exports ;

£

- - -

Import.s £

Exports £

£

1 Trebizornl :

Bey rut

1,588,072

780,640

Anatolian trade

792,280

443,600

Mosul

563,323

223,335

Transit (Peisian) trade

554,600

215,590

Kerassund

89,560

138,360

, SMinsun

438,700

b00,440

Lattakia.

09,000

98,000

1 Jalla ....

300,630

309,389

Tripoli (S\ rian)

481,089

590,540

1 Aleppo (Alexandretta)

•2.015,217

1,136,399

Tripoli (African)

351,080

363,167 ;

Basrali ....

719,433

1,020,250


 * Btiiglia/i.

210.495

324,531

Shipping and Navigation.

The mercantile navy of the Turkish Empire in 1898 consisted of 87 steamers of 46,498 tons, and 1,349 sailing vessels of 252,947 tons. In 1895-96 (March to February) there entered and cleared at all the ports of Turkey 188,033 vessels of 38,409,144 tons. The total shipping entered and cleare'd at Constantinople in 1897 consisted of 14,753 vessels of 11,456,178 tons. Of this number, 11,146 of 11,183,508 tons were engaged in foreign and the remainder in coasting trade. Of those engaged in foreign trade, 2,667 of 316,126 tons were .sailing vessels, and 8,479 of 10,867,382 tons were steamers, including 1,696 of 2,006,222 tons belonging to nine shipping companies. The number of British vessels was 4,567 of 6,505,925 tons.

Internal Communications.

Since the summer of 1888 Turkey has been in diiect railway communication with the rest of Europe. The main lines start Irom Constalitinople and from Salonica. From this latter port is now the shortest route to Egypt.